The definition of cool

I think this Cool business reached it's height in the Sixties with the Swinging Sixties. And it has being going down hill ever since

At one stage. Cool referred to cutting edge elitism art, fashion etc.
People with talent, taste and trendsetters. Not Influencer knobs on the Internet.

Now you even get even get five year olds referring to their new hair cuts as Cool.

Not Cool?

"Cool" is not cool, "wicked" dope" perhaps <lol>

windmill1

Cool is anyone or anything that is understated.

For example, Mary Beard and Princess Anne are cool IMHO, Jean Muir dresses and 4711 Cologne.

I’m glad you remembered to put IMHO 😄

I meant

How uncool! 🤣

I’m cool, according to my nieces [gri

Another enormous YES to Bryan Ferry being cool. And Bowie. AND of course The Boss. Oozes it in fact Always has imo. And continues into his mid seventies

petra

yogitree

Teenagers apparently now saw 'sick' instead of 'cool'.

No. Cool is still used. Sick is used for something amazing, excellent. But the cool teenagers don’t use sick Very chavy.

I can't bear the US erm dope, sets my teeth on edge. Because I am very cool!!

Bowie was the epitome of cool. It's a thing you either have or you don't. Annie Lennox is also ubercool. Both intensely individualistic people with heaps of talent who left and leave a massive mark on our culture. I am just looking at my era here, there is a lot of cool in each era. What's not cool? Manufactured bands, people trying to be cool and not being themselves, trout pouts, Eastenders (TV), any reality show, so many choices.

yogitree

Teenagers apparently now saw 'sick' instead of 'cool'.

No. Cool is still used. Sick is used for something amazing, excellent. But the cool teenagers don’t use sick Very chavy.

In my opinion Cool will never go out of date, because it’s not about fashion really, it’s about attitude and persona. I don’t think it’s a young person thing, people of any age can be cool, including to their peers.

Teenagers apparently now saw 'sick' instead of 'cool'.

4allweknow

I thought cool was just not in nowadays.

Me too but apparently it is.

We're just not with it or cool, 4allweknow

I thought cool was just not in nowadays.

I think there are many different definitions of 'cool'. I would say, not trying too hard, some degree of restraint, not over dressing, being an individual and comfortable in one's own skin, not overreacting, stylish and probably much more.

Cool is anyone or anything that is understated.

For example, Mary Beard and Princess Anne are cool IMHO, Jean Muir dresses and 4711 Cologne.

Casdon

kittylester

Young Bryan Ferry was cool😍

Beg to differ hollysteers - young Bryan Ferry was hot

He was an oxymoron, both cool, and hot.

He left me cold 😁

Don't get wound up about it. Let's try not to turn every thread into an extra chapter of War & Peace.

It was a joke - which most people seemed to get.

Good for her Monica ( inwardly going Nooooo and shivering) just to hear about it.😬

GrannyGravy13

Cool is something undefinable, it’s like style you either have it or you don’t.

If you are trying to define cool, one thing you definitely are not is cool

In a nutshell. 👏👏👏

kittylester

^Young Bryan Ferry was cool😍^

Beg to differ hollysteers - young Bryan Ferry was hot

He was an oxymoron, both cool, and hot.

Oreo

….and of course Lake Geneva is very very cool in November, I wouldn’t recommend a dip.

DD is a wild swimmer, all year round. She would really enjoy a November dip in lake Geneva.

Sorry, spoiling an illusion with fact Oreo 😏 🤫

….and of course Lake Geneva is very very cool in November, I wouldn’t recommend a dip.

Jaxjacky

The letter writer is from Nyon, not Nylon, it has a pretty cool castle/chateau overlooking Lake Geneva.

Spoilsport 😂

The letter writer is from Nyon, not Nylon, it has a pretty cool castle/chateau overlooking Lake Geneva.